Bookmarked Pluralistic: Keeping a suspense file gives you superpowers (26 Oct 2024) by Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)

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This is as simple as things could possibly be! I literally just type “WAITING,” then a space, then the category of thing I’m waiting for, then a few specifics, then the date. When I follow up on an item, I add the date of the followup to the end of the line. If I get some details that I might need to reference later (say, a tracking code for a shipment, or a date for an event I’m trying to organize), I’ll add that, too, as it comes up. Creating a new entry on this list takes 10-25 seconds. When someone gets back to me, I just delete that line.

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Cory Doctorow reflects upon the idea of a ‘suspense file’ in which he records things he is waiting on others for. This is a part of his wider engagement with David Allen’s Getting Things Done.

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